vintage photoshop

I posted this outfit awhile back, but it didn't make it to the event I was going to. This is my Alice in Wonderland dress, and I'll eventually take it out again for a stylized shoot when I get more ideas. I love the original image but it was too bright and sunny outside so I'm playing with vintage photo effects and cross processing photo effects right now to tone this down a bit. I cheated and downloaded these 2 actions, so I can't take credit for this yet. However, it's not exactly what I'm looking for yet...I want it to be a softer, almost Parisian like vintage, so when i perfect it, I'll record the action. Thought? Tips? All are welcome *_*

vintage effect

cross processing photo effect

armani dress, nine west flats

learning photoshop

I finally broke down and installed Photoshop. I decided that in order to get some of the vintage dreamy looks I've been admiring in some wedding blogs, I have to learn this damn program. The reason I never used it before is because I don't want to depend on easy actions to make my photos look good. I want to be able to do that from the manual settings on the camera and to force myself to utilize the camera to the max. However, I'm getting to the point where I want to have more diverse looks to my photos, and since the busy school season is right about to start, why not procrastinate with this?

This had to be done in baby steps...trial and error with lots of junk food. My friend always sets up with the programs I want, makes sure that I know how to maintain/use them in case he isn't around to help me, and then leaves me alone for a few days to let me tinker with it. He taught me where to find the basic tools, and then left me with youtube tutorials. Three hours later, I got these results....which is pretty close to what I had in mind. Baby steps...

I got this dress at Victoria's Secret last year. It's super comfy so I've taken it out on wine tasting in Paso Robles instead of the beach. It's a light lavender so I wanted a pinkish hue to showcase this dress for Easter.

victoria's secret swim dress

stripes

I scored this dress at H&M recently and I am still trying to decide if I want to keep it. The sales girl told me she was really happy this dress finally found a home because it was on the rack for about 4 months....but I so wish I saw it when they still carried a size 2 or 0. I tried it on in the store with this blazer and I really like it, but I'm not feeling it wholeheartedly. The top part is a bit large [size 4], so it looks better with the blazer, but there is excess fabric on the shoulders and in the waist. sigh. To keep or not to keep...